Chicken Green Bean Stuffing Casserole

What do you get when you put Chicken, Green Beans and stuffing together in a casserole? Turkey dinner all rolled up into one dish.  Obviously there is no Turkey in this dish, but you can understand the similarity! This dish was really easy to put together.  This is one of the few dishes where I did not have to cook the chicken before putting it into the casserole.  I also substituted the sour cream for Cream of Chicken because I didn't have sour cream. I hope you enjoy this little trip down Turkey dinner!

Recipe: Chicken Green Bean Stuffing Casserole

Canning Apple BBQ Sauce

I have wanted to learn how to Can for along time.  Last year, I finally started to learn how to Can with the help of a veteran Canner, my neighbor.  She taught me the necessary basics of Canning and helped me understand the system of canning with a water bath.  Last summer, I conquered Salsa, pickles, pear butter, apple butter and spaghetti sauce.  This year, I decided to try some new Canning recipes and this Apple BBQ sauce seemed very simple and easy to put together.  We use BBQ sauce on a regular basis, so it was an easy choice.  This BBQ sauce is sweet and tangy.  My family really likes the flavor and prefer this over store bought sauce.  

Recipe:

Apple BBQ Sauce for Canning

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

We recently went to a local Blueberry Farm to pick our own Blueberries.  My son loves blueberries like a normal kid loves candy.  As he was picking blueberries, he would put one in the basket and then one in his mouth.  He was in blueberry heaven.  My husband complains we never have enough blueberries to snack on because my son will eat them all.  My husband also enjoys eating blueberries.  

My motivation was a little different for picking blueberries.  While I enjoy watching my Son pick and enjoy blueberries, I love to bake with them.  When you pick your own blueberries, you get a combination of sweet and sour blueberries.  When you bake with them, they balance each other out in the flavor category. I like to make breakfast  baked goods with blueberries.  Blueberry muffins, blueberry bread, blueberry coffee cakes etc...I found a good looking Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake recipe that I wanted to try.  

I also found a new way to motivate my husband to do dishes.  After I made this Coffee Cake, he offered to do the morning dishes.  It doesn't get any better then a little motivation! I might have to make this on a regular basis because who doesn't love a little help with dishes!

Recipe:

Blueberry & Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake